Magnitude 2.9, Sat May 30 2026 5:16 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p403296
UTC Time 2026-05-30T05:16:19Z
Latitude -37.66 (± 37.3 km)
Longitude 176.09 (± 24.9 km)
Depth 10 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 6
Used Station Count 6
Standard Error 0.91 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 263.22 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.73 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 2.9  
MLv 2.9 (± 0.7) 3
M 2.9 3
ML 2.5 (± 0.4) 6

GeoNet combines magnitudes into a summary magnitude, M, which consists of a weighted average of the individual magnitudes and attempts to be a best possible compromise between all magnitudes for a range of earthquake sizes. Summary magnitude for GeoNet is then defined as:

M = (2 * MLv + (0.4 * number_of stations(Mw(mB)) - 1) * Mw(mB)) / (2 + (0.4 * number_of_stations(Mw(mB)) - 1))

Where MLv is local magnitude calculated on the vertical component and Mw(mB) is a Mw estimation based of mB by Bormann and Saul (2008).

Origin Map


Map of New Zealand.

Map showing stations with picks used to locate the earthquake. Stations with picks that have a zero weight in the solution are shown as small grey circles. Those with a higher weight are shown as larger circles. The quake is shown by the largest circle.

Pick Residuals


-4.0-3.0-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.04.0residual (s)01Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude1Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude1Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)